Trustee Georgia

1. Trustee Georgia Unit 2 Lesson 3

2. Standard SS8H2 The student will analyze the colonial period of Georgia’s history. • Explain the importance of James Oglethorpe, the Charter of 1732, reasons for settlement (charity, economics, and defense), Tomochichi, Mary Musgrove, and the city of Savannah. • Evaluate the Trustee Period of Georgia’s colonial history, emphasizing the role of the Salzburgers, Highland Scots, malcontents, and the Spanish threat from Florida. • Explain the development of Georgia as a royal colony with regard to land ownership, slavery, government, and the impact of the royal governors.

3. Trustee Georgia • Trustee period began when King George II gave permission to establish the colony in 1732 • 1st 20 years of GA’s colonial history, a group of trustees governed the colony • James Oglethorpe was granted a charter (written permission to begin an English colony) • Georgia was named after King George II

4. James Oglethorpe • A British soldier and a member of British Parliament • Wanted to give the “worthy poor” a chance for a better life in America • A place where Protestants could practice their religion

5. Charter of 1732 • April 21st, King George II signed the charter to establish the colony of GA • Established a governing board and created the trust to run the colony • 71 men served as trustees • Trustees could not hold office or land in GA • Did not set up any type of local government; colonists had all of the same rights as British citizens

6. Reasons for Settlement • Creating GA was both charitable and economic • “Non sibisedaliis” means “Not for self, but for others” • Trustees paid for debtors to go to GA instead of prison • GA could help protect South Carolina from the Spanish

7. Tomochichi • Chief of the Yamacraw Indians • Created peace between the Europeans and Native Americans in GA • In 1734, Tomochichi met the royal family in England • Lead to the creation of a school for his tribe • Received an English military funeral when he died in 1739

8. Served as a peacemaker and translator • Daughter of an English trader and a Creek Indian • Called Coosaponakessa, by Creek Indians • Founded in 1733 • Last British colonial capital in America • City designed by James Oglethorpe (similar to Paris, France) Mary Musgrove Savannah

9. A group of Protestants expelled from Salzburg in the early 1730s • Expelled b/c they were not Catholics • Arrived in GA in 1734 and established the town of Ebenezer • Group of Protestants from Bohemia • Came to GA in 1735 • Came as missionaries • Wanted to unite Christians and convert non-Christians • Women could preach and hold religious offices • Community was unsuccessful and dissolved The Salzburgers The Moravians

10. The Malcontents • Captain George Dunbar brought the Salzburgers to GA • Brought a group of Highland Scots • In 1736, the Highlanders founded Darien, a town on GA’s southern border • Became known as Malcontents; they were wealthy; not as loyal to the trustees or Britain • Wanted to purchase land and enslaved people

11. The Spanish in Florida • Spanish settlers were not happy with the new settlers in GA • British built Fort Frederica in GA to protect the colony • GA soldiers made an unsuccessful attack on Spanish mission of St. Augustine, FL in 1740 • 2 years later, Spanish attacked Fort Frederica • Battle of Bloody Marsh • In 1752, the British gov’t didn’t renew funding for the colony; turned over control to the British crown; GA became a royal colony